mish.bat denotes the ruin at which Jerusalem's enemies laugh after her people fall to the enemy.

The term denotes Jerusalem's ruin in the setting where her people have fallen into the enemy's hand and her enemies mock her condition.

1. Ruin mocked by enemies · dominant

   In Lamentations 1:7, the construct plural noun occurs in the clause describing enemies who see Jerusalem and laugh; the APB renders the verse's closing phrase as "laughed at her annihilation."

   Lamentations 1:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Lamentations 1:7, the APB presents the closing clause as enemies who "laughed at her annihilation." This identifies the verse's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.